Founded in North Carolina, Cookout is a crucial late night eatery across many cities in the Southeast. You can order from Cookout well past midnight, and at three different locations across Durham – just be prepared to wait in the drive thru line. While there’s much debate on the makeup of the perfect Cookout Tray, one thing is agreed upon across the board: make sure you order a milkshake.
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Hours:
Monday: 12:30 – 3:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Tuesday: 12:30 – 3:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Wednesday: 12:30 – 3:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Thursday: 12:30 – 3:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Friday: 12:30 – 3:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Saturday: 12:30 – 4:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Sunday: 12:30 – 4:00 AM, 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM
Love their burgers and shakes. HATE their lousy speaker system to place your order. It is always very hard to hear the order taker and also for them to hear you. The order taker is beyond distracted with doing everything that it’s no wonder they can’t follow what you are telling them. This is pretty much the same at every Cookout we’ve been to. It would be a much better experience if they invested a couple bucks into functional speakers and microphones.
Fun with Crave
May 30, 2025
5
I must start by saying they have the best ice. But here I normally get the bbq tray with hush puppies, fries with a sweet tea. this time, we added milkshakes. I tried the heath bar milkshake, it was so thick I wondered why she gave me a spoon. 😆 I can say it was worth all the stomach troubles. Highly recommend
Jada Jones
May 21, 2025
3
Really writing this review bc of the milk shake I received the last two times. I use to order a cheesecake milk shake a got big chunks of cheese cake… now it’s straight ice cream with a few crumbs in it. So disappointed.. if you get cheese cake milkshake, I would recommend getting a side of cheesecake
Frederick Huebner
Apr 30, 2025
4
Shakes was fabulous 👌 yesterday!!! Was absolutely the best one I've ever purchased from this location or any other.. so spent and 30 bucks for a burrito and spent 20 for 2 people to be completely full.
Carly Wilson
Apr 30, 2025
5
My partner and I have had a super rough weekend, we were coming home from an emergency vet visit, it’s 2:45am and we’re starving. We stopped at this cookout just hoping that they wouldn’t be mad since they close at 3am. We placed our order and the guy at the window was SUPER nice! His name was CJ. He repeated our order for us to make sure he got it right to get us exactly what we asked for. He was friendly and helpful. Would recommend this business and CJ (:
Shannon Arnette
Apr 30, 2025
5
This location took us in close to closing time and went above and beyond to care for us. They ensured the order was correct and met every need. We had a rough night and was hungry during a long drive home. The food and service was phenomenal. Would recommend and return.
Matthew Whalen
Dec 19, 2024
5
Kamari at the drive thru has the best drive thru customer service I’ve ever experienced at a fast food restaurant. He speaks clearly and always checks to make sure everything is right. He never forgets my sauces or anything . Give this man a CHRISTMAS BONUS 🙏
D. Michael McNabb
Dec 17, 2024
5
Look. I know that job can’t be easy. The woman working the window on 12/17 around 8pm is absolutely awesome. When you have an employee like that, don’t lose them!
If she applied at my store, (a local pawn shop) I would hire her. On the spot.
Pearl Howell
Dec 6, 2024
5
The food was hot and fresh. The establishment was neat and clean. I will revisit whenever I’m in the area.
Sauntina Brown
Dec 5, 2024
3
Well, at least the fries were hot. Hey, it’s cookout. Aside from the highlight of having hot fresh fries with no Cajun seasoning, my chicken strips were closer to nugget size and fried very hard , either that or they have sat a while. So I enjoyed my fries and my sweet tea. Sorry, I can’t recommend the chicken strips yet.
Rip X
Oct 24, 2024
5
Came by here a little while and got a banana pudding shake Anna banana shake and the shakes are always top notch. I need something to eat I'll get the big double cheeseburger cuz it's super flavorful and delicious
Muniba Khan
Aug 23, 2024
5
Always LOVE cookout. We got two milkshakes and three order of the cheese bites. Absolutely stellar. Also I ordered my mint Oreo milkshake with extra oreo and they absolutely delivered.
Sauce
Jul 19, 2024
4
I'm rating exactly for what it is: a good Fast Food restaurant. Star knocked off on food because no matter how "good" the fast food is and whether it's exactly what it's supposed to be, cheap quality should not be given 5 stars.
